Vertiv And Caterpillar Announce Collaboration

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, and Caterpillar Inc., a global leader in power systems, have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at delivering advanced energy optimisation solutions for data centres. The agreement brings together Vertiv’s power distribution and cooling portfolio with Caterpillar’s power generation capabilities, including those of its subsidiary Solar Turbines, to create pre-designed architectures that simplify deployment, accelerate time-to-power, and improve operational performance for modern data centre environments.

The partnership is designed to meet the rising need for on-site energy solutions that offer both reliable power and efficient cooling. By combining their technologies, the two companies plan to deliver fully integrated solutions with validated interfaces and predictable performance outcomes. Caterpillar and Solar Turbines will contribute natural gas turbines, reciprocating engines and other power generation technologies capable of providing dependable and scalable electricity, as well as thermal energy for Combined Cooling, Heat and Power (CCHP) applications. Vertiv will complement this with its portfolio of power and cooling systems, packaged as modular, pre-engineered blocks that reduce design cycles and streamline standardised deployment.

For customers, the result is an offering that can significantly reduce time-to-power by leveraging modular reference architectures that speed up deployment. It also supports lower Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) through end-to-end optimisation across power, cooling, distribution and dynamic load management, enabling improved energy efficiency and a reduced carbon footprint compared to traditional data centre designs. The collaboration is further strengthened by the global service and support networks of both companies, ensuring robust lifecycle support.

Gio Albertazzi, CEO of Vertiv, described the collaboration as a key pillar of the company’s Bring Your Own Power & Cooling (BYOP&C) strategy and a strong complement to its grid-to-chip framework. “This is optimal for customers looking to reduce or eliminate grid dependence,” he said. “By combining our complementary technologies, portfolios and expertise, we are enabling coordinated integration. Our pre-engineered, interoperability-tested building blocks let customers execute design, build and deploy concurrently, with predictable system performance.”

Jason Kaiser, group president of Caterpillar Power & Energy, noted that rising AI-driven workloads are reshaping power and cooling requirements across the data centre landscape. “The demand for robust and scalable power infrastructure and cooling is becoming increasingly critical,” he said. “Our collaboration with Vertiv will enable us to deliver integrated, on-site energy solutions that lower PUE and meet customers’ evolving needs.”

The Memorandum of Understanding between Vertiv and Caterpillar marks a significant step in strengthening this emerging ecosystem. As data centres continue to navigate energy constraints, especially in the age of AI, the partnership aims to help operators deploy highly optimised, resilient facilities with greater speed and certainty.